Sheron Korpus is a first-chair litigator and trial lawyer, with extensive experience in multi-billion dollar commercial, complex financial, securities, antitrust, bankruptcy and intellectual property disputes. Sheron has tried cases in federal and state courts, as well as arbitration panels, across the U.S.
Sheron has been recognized as a leading lawyer in commercial, securities and antitrust litigation by Chambers USA and recognized as a leading trial lawyer and a leading lawyer in securities and antitrust litigation by Legal 500. Lawdragon also named Sheron as one of the Leading Litigators in America. He is recognized as a National Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation, a Life Science Star by LMG Life Sciences, and a New York Super Lawyer. He was honored as an Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions Trailblazer by the National Law Journal.
Work Highlights:
- Teva Pharmaceuticals and its individual directors and officers in defense of one of the largest securities class actions in recent history as well as the more than 20 related direct actions, filed on behalf of more than 75 opt-out plaintiffs. The class action was settled in 2022 within insurance limits.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals, and its US subsidiary Actavis, in defense of antitrust actions commenced by the State Attorneys General for 48 states, 28 civil antitrust class actions and multiple direct actions.
- DigitalBridge Group and BrightSpire Capital as mezzanine lenders to the developer of the $2.5 Billion Century Plaza project in Los Angeles in litigation against the servicer of the loan and the senior lenders.
- Loreley Financing in analyzing and bringing claims against major investment banks and other financial institutions concerning billions of dollars of collateralized debt obligations and other structured finance products. In 2014, Sheron secured three victories for Loreley in The New York Appellate Division, First Department (including one reversal). In 2015, Sheron secured a reversal in favor of Loreley in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Real estate developer Rotem Rosen in several lawsuits against and brought by his former business partner Alex Sapir. After Kasowitz defeated a motion to dismiss brought by Mr. Sapir in one lawsuit and, in a separate lawsuit, obtained the dismissal of misappropriation of trade secrets and other claims brought by Mr. Sapir, the cases settled.
- Byju’s, the world’s leading online education platform headquartered in India, in multiple disputes arising relating to a $1.2 billion term loan.
- Hudson Solar Cayman as creditor in a dispute seeking payment by a public company pursuant to a guaranty on notes with a principal amount of approximately $54 million.
Updated Sep 2023
